In addition to reviewing the 2022 Minnesota Land Trust Annual Report below, you may also download, save, attach & send, and print the PDF.
Included on this webpage are our many supporters from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 and a 2022 Year in Review photo album featuring the beautiful lands that began being protected by conservation easements in 2022, as well as ongoing restoration work and the 2022 events that brought us together.
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Our 2022 Supporters
We are so grateful for our supporters, including donors, landowners, volunteers, individual fund supporters, and individuals who have been lovingly memorialized with a gift to the Land Trust. Additionally, the work of Minnesota Land Trust staff and board members helps increase our conservation and restoration reach and impact across the state of Minnesota.
Donors
We couldn’t do our work without the generous financial support of donors. Thank you to the individuals and groups that donated between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022 named below, as well as the many people who contributed amounts up to $499. Click or tap to view the names in each giving segment.
$50,000 and over
- Anonymous
- Edward & Sherry Ann Dayton
- The Driscoll Foundation
- Fleetwood Foundation
- Laird Norton Family Foundation
- Gregory Page
- Pete & Mary Sue Vorbrich
$25,000–$49,999
- 3M Foundation
- Ted & Angie Erickson
- Richard & Susan Goldman
- David & Amy Hartwell
- Ellinor D. & Edward J. Hayward
- Lucy Jones & Jim Johnson
- Carolyn & Doug Kohrs
- Mortenson Family Foundation
- Open Door Foundation
- Patrick & Aimee Butler Family Foundation
- Rahr Corporation
- Smikis Foundation
- Margaret V.B. Wurtele
- Skip Wyland & Carol Noren
$10,000–$24,999
- Julie Andrus
- Anonymous
- Athwin Foundation
- Colleen Carey & Pam Endean
- Page & Jay Cowles
- Dallas & Louise Anderson Foundation
- David Winton Bell Foundation
- Dave & Diana Dawkins
- Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation: Four Cedars Environmental Fund
- EcoTrust
- Jerry Erickson & Ben Aguilar
- Loren & Whitney Hansen
- Hawley Family Foundation
- John W. Mooty Foundation Trust
- Wood Kidner & Sue Funk
- Jeanne Kogl
- Bridget & Ross Levin
- Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation
- Laurie Lucas
- MAHADH Fund of HRK Foundation
- John & Linda Massopust
- James Mayer & Rochelle Gunn
- Nivin & Duncan MacMillan Foundation
- Rahr Foundation
- Willie & Markell Rahr
- Jason Spaeth
- Maureen Steinwall & Mike Lavelle
- Brad & Cyndy Wallin
- Mike & Jani Wiebolt
- Elizabeth & Rufus Winton
- Peder Yurista
$5,000–$9,999
- Anonymous
- Jon & Metta Belisle via the St. Croix Valley Foundation
- Johanna Bell
- James Brewer & Dorothy Slegman
- Christopher & Julie Causey
- Austin & Rachel Damiani
- Steven DeLapp
- Liz & Brian Dillon
- John Gabbert
- Morris Gjessing
- David & June Guckenberg
- Jeffrey & Beth Hayward
- Carter & Florence Hedeen
- Weston Hoard & Christina Evans
- Ellen Jones & Bob McKlveen
- David Knoblauch & Suzanne Woodrich
- Kent & Diane Krueger
- Vince Leo & Susan Calmenson
- Margaret Rivers Fund
- Oak Grove Foundation
- James A. Payne
- Elaine Rees & Gerald Morsello
- Barry & Ann Sampson
- Gerry & Nan Snyder
- Steven C Leuthold Family Foundation
- Mike & Jenna Wiebolt
- Timothy & Betsy Wilson
- Jane & Oswald Wyatt
$1,000–$4,999
- Pamela Akerstrom
- Richard Allendorf & Paul Markwardt
- Alton Foundation
- American Bear Association
- Allan Amis & Ginna Portman Amis
- Scott & Monica Anderegg
- Tom Anderson & Nancy Conger
- Catherine Andrus
- Anonymous
- Kurt Apfelbacher & Ani Backa
- Chas & Nancy Arend
- Paul & Sue Arneson
- Janalee Aurelia & Eric S. Anderson
- Joel & Emily Barker
- Randall & Sara Barry
- Shirley & Bill Baxter
- Bayrd Charitable Giving Account
- Brad & Sherrie Beal
- Bruce & Mary Bean
- Patricia Bellace
- Better Place Forests
- Joyce Bish
- Rick & Ginny Black
- Jeff & Emily Blodgett
- Blue-Pencil Collective
- Priscilla Brewster
- Ali Britton & John Harned
- Andy & Jill Budish
- Robert & Martha Bush
- John Bussey & Andrea Brubaker
- Olivia Cares
- Jaclyn Carey
- Gary R. Carlson
- Ryan Carlson
- Carlson Family Foundation
- Colliers Mortgage
- Karen & Ted Contag
- Convergent Retirement Plan Solutions, LLC
- The Cornerstone Group, Inc.
- Clint Corrow & Julie Newman
- Ellie Crosby
- Stewart & Lesley Crosby—The Longview Foundation
- Tom & Barb Daggett
- Jennifer Dahl
- Irene Dellert
- Dellwood Foundation
- Mary C Dolan—The Longview Foundation
- Bryan & Katherine Donald
- Pamela Dow
- Suzanne Doyle
- Joan R. Duddingston
- Peter & Rose Dwyer
- Mark Edstrom & Amy Knox
- Frederic & Lynn Engman
- Gerald & Kay Erickson
- Ashley Ewald
- Thomas & Jeanne Fansler
- Barb Farrell
- Ben & Becky Field
- Leslie Foote
- David & Claire Forsberg
- Elizabeth Fourniea
- Fredrikson & Byron Foundation
- Fredrikson & Byron P.A.
- Charlie & Iris Fried
- Brad Fuller & Libby Lincoln
- Michael Garwood & Lynne Bisagno
- Lynn Glesne
- Peter & Mary Gove
- Richard & Marnee Grefe
- Tony & Cathy Grundhauser
- Jeff Hanson & Margit Bretzke
- Jane Harper & John Velin
- James Hedin
- Gail Helland & Helmut Pfurtscheller
- Ellen Herman & Chrispian Shelton
- Lee & Liz Hickerson
- Doug Hoffman & Jen Pearson
- Julie Houg
- Gloria K. Hughes
- Patrick Hynes & Heather Rein
- James T. Nystrom Foundation
- Charles & Karen Jensen
- Jerome J. & Ursula Choromanski Family Foundation
- Timothy Johnson
- Alan & Judy Johnston
- Anita Jones
- Scott & Anne Jones
- Daniel Jurgens & Ann Merrill
- Keith Kalenda
- Tom Karp & Joann Verweig
- Mary Kehrer-Schneider
- Stephen & June Keibler
- David Kelley
- Jane Hartley Kingston
- Virginia Klenk
- Land O’Lakes
- Sarah Lang
- Kris & Christine Larson
- Lathrop GPM Foundation
- Lederle Family Charitable Fund
- Richard Leppert
- Dave & Peggy Lucas
- Alexis Ludwig—Vogen & Kirk Vogen
- Kristin & Sarah Maier
- Elizabeth Mairs
- Heide Mairs
- Helen Mairs
- Susan Mairs & Patricia Boulware
- Chuck Malkerson & Carolyn Hall II
- Marathon Foods
- Bob & Siri Marshall
- Bill & Beth McClelland
- Bob & Mary McDonald
- Merry Little Bath Company
- Bill & Sue Metzger
- Clint & Patty Miller
- Nicholas Miller
- Charles Misner
- Lucy Mitchell—The Longview Foundation
- Menaka Mohan
- James Mohn & Heather Muster
- Chuck & Melinda Moos
- Anthony Morley & Ruth Anne Olson
- Jeff & Amy Morsman
- Barb Naramore & Steve Cox
- Native Resource Preservation LLC
- Donald H. Nelson
- Nicholson Family Foundation: Ford & Catherine Nicholson Fund
- Nicholson Family Foundation: Todd & Martha Nicholson Fund
- Northland Aluminum Products, Inc. (Nordic Ware)
- Jennifer O’Neill & Martin Cook
- Dave & Karen Parrin
- Cheryl Paullin
- Peregrine Capital Management, Inc.
- Alan Peterson & Mary Findorf
- Dwight Peterson
- Mimi Levin Petersen & Dane Petersen
- Sara & Dave Pierson
- Jane Prohaska & William Donohue
- Todd Reubold
- Russ & Kathy Rhode
- Eric & Jessica Rhyner
- Rick & Denise Rosvold
- Claire & David Ruebeck
- Marjorie Schlossman
- Cathy & Don Schwarz
- George W. Shardlow
- John & Marilyn Fritz Shardlow
- The Sherwin-Williams Company
- Romy Silver-Kohn & Jesse Kohn
- Fay & Kurt Simer
- Jay & Ann Simonson
- Dean Skallman
- Eleni Skevas
- Kevin Smith & Beverly Zimmer
- Rick & Cheryl Snyder
- Wendy Sommer
- Stantec Consulting
- Jim & Carol Stark
- Sue Steinwall
- Steinwall, Inc.
- Stoeckel Jahner Land Surveying
- Roger Strand
- Target Corporation
- Harold Teasdale
- Jim & Kay Tennessen
- Teresa Thews & Paul Scobie
- Jennifer Thompson
- Tim & Diane Thorpe
- Thomas Troester
- Rodney Von de Linde
- Skip & Mary Kay Von de Linde
- Gary & Susan Wahman
- Ed & Bobbi Walsh
- Michael Walstrom & Kerrie Blevins
- Barry Warner & Maureen Wiegner
- David & Beverly Wickstrom
- Wild North Co.
- David Wilkinson & Samantha Funk
- Richard M. Williams
- Steve Wilson & Mary Shedd
- Susan D. Wilson
- Eleanor & Fred Winston—The Longview Foundation
- Steven & Beverly Wolf
- Tom & Peggy Wolner
- Wright County West Metro Whitetail Chapter, Minnesota Deer Hunters Association
- Xcel Energy
- Dianne Yanish
- Steve & Susan Zimmerman
- Charlotte Zumbusch
- Jennie Zumbusch
$500–$999
- Kent & Mandy Adams
- Ameriprise Financial Matching Gift Program
- Kristi & Scott Anderson
- Patrick Anderson & Kirsten Erickson
- Anonymous
- Donald Arbour
- Constance Archbald
- Baihly Woods Preservation Association
- Mary Bang
- Elissa Bean
- Christine Beck
- Caroline Beckman
- Chandra Benjamin
- Toby Bent
- Alex Blouin
- Matt & Debbie Bredesen
- Paul D. Brown
- Susan Brust
- Reid Carron & Becky Rom
- Nancy & Tom Caswell III
- Susan Chandler
- Gloria Christensen
- Maria Christu & Kevin Staunton
- Eric Curran-Bakken
- Joan Dayton
- Chuck & Jackie Dietz
- Susan Dilday
- Tim & Barbara Doten
- Eric & Mary Jo Duncan
- Kristin Elliott
- Curt Engels
- Sandy Eppling
- Dave & Renee Ethier
- Mark & Kim Evans
- Alan Felix
- James Feng
- Charles & Anne Ferrell
- Glen Fladeboe & Stephanie McClearey
- Herb Fox
- Kurt Fox
- Daryl & Joan Franklin
- Leslie A. Garner
- Niki Geisler
- David Gellatly
- Kathleen Gill
- Stephen & Candace Gouze
- Krista Graven
- Lisa Griebel
- Terry & Susan Gruenhagen
- The Guardian
- Curt & Pat Hadland
- Cheryl Hagen
- Paul E. Hagquist
- Linda & Robert Hammar
- Katherine Harter
- Katharine M. Hartley
- Jeff & Lucy Heegaard
- Mike & Karel Helgeson
- Ed & Linda Hendrickson
- Anna Henson
- Randy & Pam Hinze
- Johnna Hobbs
- Scott Holzer
- John & Susan Howe
- Mark Hudson & Susan Swigart
- Karl & Beth Johansson
- Dr. John Morrison & Carrie Scherer Family Fund of the Catholic Community Foundation
- Barbara Johnson
- Brittany Johnson
- Janet Jones
- Esther Kellogg
- Kari Koehler & Tobin Sobaski
- Martin Koessel
- Sandra Korthuis
- Linda & Michael Kriel
- Randy Lake & Colleen Keough
- Landmark Environmental, LLC
- Michael Larsen & Linda Nelson
- Thomas Lauria
- Gail Lust
- Sandi Maguire
- Judith Mares
- Jill McCarthy
- Walt McCarthy & Clara Ueland
- Medtronic Matching Gift Program
- Leeann Metzmaker
- Mary Miller
- Christine & Jerry Moench
- Charles Moore & Charlotte Chamberlain
- Cyrus Morton
- David & Barbara Nicholson
- Elinor K. Ogden
- Ogilvy Matching Gift Program
- Anne Paape
- Katherine Perry
- Ned & Sarah Phillips
- Anne Pick
- Louise B. Plank
- Alan Polsky
- William Ramsden & Doreen Lynch
- Nicole Rapson
- Redpath & Company
- Nick Reinke
- James & Nicole Rickard
- Mark & Amy Riegel
- William Risse & Kristin Mroz Risse
- William & Lynne Rogers
- John Roxbury
- Anne Russell
- Jennifer & Christopher Scholl
- Paul & Sue Schurke
- Adam Schwartz-Lowe
- Ken & Katie Searl
- Gena & Steven Setzer
- Janine Sieja & Steven Yore
- Jean Silberman & Tom van der Linden
- Caitlin & Chris Sipe
- Mary Ann Sironen
- Angela Smith & Erik Tryggestad
- Ben & Joanna Stacke
- Andrew & Cassidy Steiner
- Charlotte Stephens
- Tom & Christine Stoa
- Jon & Sarah Strommen
- Sven Sundgaard
- Alisha Telci
- Karen Thill & Rebecca Richardson
- Matthew & Elizabeth Torchia
- William Tucker
- Nancy Warner
- Beth & Erick Westerback
- David K. Whitney
- Geoffrey Williams
- Xcel Energy Matching Gift Program
- Nathan Zerbe & Joan Nichols
In-Kind Donations
- Pamela Akerstrom
- Belwin Conservancy
- Bent Paddle Brewing Co. & Lincoln Park District Neighbors
- Blue-Pencil Collective
- Aimee & Paul Broten
- Brown & Greene Floral Market
- Castle Danger Brewery
- CBS Television Stations
- Custom Woven Interiors
- Austin & Rachel Damiani
- Beth Dooley
- The Duluth Grill
- Epicurean Inc.
- Faribault Woolen Mill Co.
- France 44 Wine & Spirits
- Games by James
- Gear West
- Susan L. Hawkinson
- Betsy Hsiao
- Ellen Jones & Bob McKlveen
- Jeremy Kershaw—Heck of the North
- Jane Hartley Kingston
- Jeanne Kogl
- William Kent Krueger
- Marilyn Larson
- LDH Landing Nets
- Bridget & Ross Levin
- Loll Designs, Inc
- Loppet Foundation
- Bill Majewski
- Mary’s Handknits
- Merry Little Bath Company
- Modern Carnivore
- Moona Made Treats
- Northland Aluminum Products, Inc. (Nordic Ware)
- Pachyderm Studios
- Patagonia
- Patrick Mohs Jewelry
- Studio Red Wing Shoes
- Salsa Bicycles
- Science Museum of Minnesota
- Sparrow Cafe
- Summit Brewing Company
- Svens Clogs
- Three Forks Ranch: Lodge & Spa
- Vikre Distillery
- Ken & Terry Visger
- Vortex Optics
- Bob White
- Wild Birds Unlimited
- Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge
- Skip Wyland & Carol Noren
Add Your Name to the List!
Signal your support for conservation, restoration and nature engagement in Minnesota by giving a gift of $500 or more and being named in next year’s annual report.
Landowners
Thank you to the generous landowners granting conservation easements or land from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 as named below.
- Bette Bensch
- John Casson
- Brian & Nancy Dahl
- Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center, Inc.
- Terry Flatten
- Rod & Sue Foss
- William Foss
- Hugh Gibson
- Michael Hult
- Harold Imholte
- Janelle Kelleher
- James Kenna
- Anthony Kirwin & Abbe McGray
- Charles & Rebecca Lauterbach
- Stewart & Judy Lauterbach
- Thomas & Theresa Loxtercamp
- Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning Center
- Steven Otterson
- Geraldine Posner
- Greg & Kathy Raether
- Rocky Mountain Sportsmen, Inc.
- The Science Museum of Minnesota
- Sandra Sherman
- Dennis & Kristin Tuel
- Tim Wallace & Amy Loiselle
Want to Conserve Your Land?
Join over 700 landowners across Minnesota who are working with the Minnesota Land Trust to protect and steward over 75,000 acres of protected private lands.
Or contact us to get more information.
Volunteers
Our work wouldn’t be possible without volunteers, especially volunteer monitors who visit protected properties on behalf of the Minnesota Land Trust. The following individuals helped us meet our monitoring goals during the fiscal year, July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.
- Marge Amberson
- Ginna Portman Amis
- Tom Anderson
- Polly Bayrd
- Tom Beaver
- Blue-Pencil Collective
- Daryl Bohm
- Matt Bredesen
- Jim Brewer
- Jim Burkett
- Frankie Cody
- Ian Colby
- Craig Cold
- PJ Connolly
- Mark Crawford
- Keith Dehnbostel
- Mark Erickson
- Jenna Fletcher
- Lark Gilmer
- Nona Goertz
- Sean Gokey
- Matt Grimley
- Gary Gustafson
- Dave Hagen
- Ken Hains
- Eva Hansen
- John Harford
- Jane Harper
- Jeff Hayward
- Carter Hedeen
- Eric Hedeen
- Florence Hedeen
- Tom Hoffman
- Pam Joachim
- Karl Johansson
- Cliff Johnson
- Jim Johnson
- Mark Johnson
- Murdoch Johnson
- Ellen Jones
- Megen Kabele
- Dag Knudsen
- Tyson Korb
- Ryan Kutter
- Barbara Lamotte
- Mike Lamotte
- Greg Larson
- Steve Lee
- Louise Levy
- Gloria Lindberg
- Diane Lund
- Bill Majewski
- Norma Malinowski
- Jamie Manning
- Michael Manning
- Kelly Matsuoka
- Bob McKlveen
- Clint Miller
- Bob Narem
- Matt Neil
- Mary Newstrom
- Lou Ochocki
- Eric Olson
- Jennifer O’Neill
- William Risse
- Bob Scheierl
- Dennis Scherber
- Bruce Schoenberg
- Lee Scholder
- Paul Scobie
- Carol Sersland
- Bill Sharbono
- Steve Sicheneder
- Fay Simer
- Teresa Thews
- Ann Thies
- Brian Varland
- Ken Varland
- Stacy Vasend
- John Velin
- Mark Wendt
- David White
- Margie White
- Peder Yurista
Become a Volunteer
Want to support conservation in Minnesota with your time and talents? Become a trained volunteer monitor working with the Minnesota Land Trust Stewardship team and visit protected properties across the state.
Gifts Made in Memory of
The following people were lovingly memorialized through a gift to the Minnesota Land Trust between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022.
- Elly
- Emma
- My grandpa, a third-generation Minnesotan farmer
- Len
- Richard J. Anderson
- Jim & Joyce Aris
- Geraldine Bender
- Glen A. Bergan
- Harvey & Muriel Berglund
- Theodore & Edna Bergman
- Bill Beyer
- Lyle Bradley
- Donna J. Buck
- John Budd
- Granny Carlaw
- Olive Carlaw
- Tom Caswell, Jr.
- Joanne Church
- Sandra Clark
- Carol Collins
- John Conda II
- Don & Kathy Curtis
- Rita DeBruyn
- Brianna Louise Delagran
- Gordon Donnelly
- Dee Englund
- John Alden Falk
- Jacalyn R. Fleming
- Al Fox
- Kenneth & Florine Griswold
- Paul Gruchow
- Russell Gustafson
- Jane & Jim Hall
- David Hartley
- Don Helgeson
- Laurie Herje
- James D. Hoversten
- Tom Howe
- Bernice Johnson
- Bruce D. Johnson
- Jolene Jones
- Eleanor Kline
- Robert T. Kolstad
- David B. Laird, Jr.
- June & Vern Lake
- Rolfe A. Leary
- Craig Lindeke
- Darcy J. Ling
- Eldon Linscheid
- Jean Lovett
- Robert P. Mairs
- Lester & Doris Martin
- Donald W. McCarthy
- Lois & Norman Metcalf
- Darby Nelson
- Ruth J. Nelson
- Gay Noble
- Louise O’Day
- Peter Pessenda
- Marge Peterson
- Tom Peterson
- Fred Poisson
- David W. Pratt
- Dean Rebuffoni
- Victoria L. Rock
- Dr. Orlando & Gloria Ruschmeyer
- Diane K. (Soe) Schmelzer
- Leo Schneider
- Barbara Schultz
- Faye Schultz
- Merle Scott
- Erika Sitz
- Chip Slater
- Jim Spangler
- Nancy Stammer
- Harry Sweatt
- Robert Treuer
- Nathan Vandewega
- Anna Lageson VanVoorhis
- John R. Wappes
- Carl Weinandt
- Nicholas Westcott
- Keith Ziermann
Encampment River Area Conservation Fund
Thank you to the following donors who helped support the Encampment River Area Conservation Fund between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022.
- Catherine Andrus
- Julie Andrus
- Anonymous
- Bruce & Mary Bean
- Elissa Bean
- Priscilla Brewster
- Nancy & Tom Caswell III
- Kent Chasson & Carrie McCarthy
- Stewart & Lesley Crosby—The Longview Foundation
- Len & Beth Dayton
- Susan Dilday
- John & Sybil Eakin
- Steve & Liz Ellmann
- Tommy Johns & Julie Gillette Johns
- Tom Karp & Joann Verweig
- Elizabeth Kelsey
- David Knoblauch & Suzanne Woodrich
- Elizabeth Mairs
- Heide Mairs
- Helen Mairs
- Rob & Aimee Mairs
- Susan Mairs & Patricia Boulware
- Jill McCarthy
- David & Barbara Nicholson
- Nicholson Family Foundation: Ford & Catherine Nicholson Fund
- Nicholson Family Foundation: Todd & Martha Nicholson Fund
- Bridget O’Brien & Mark Nelson
- Daniel & Terri Pratt
- Lucinda Pratt
- William Priedeman & Marcia McMullen
- Chuck Ritchie
- Daniel & Alicia Ritchie
- Wint & Tina Ritchie
- William Schmitt
- Maggie & Contee Seely
- Kevin Smith & Beverly Zimmer
- Lynne Snider
- William Stevens & Cynthia Hill
- Jon & Sarah Sturgis
- John J. Taylor
- David & Miriam West
- Katie & Charlie White
- Ben & Donna Wright
- Jane & Oswald Wyatt
- Robert & Eleanor Zeff
Rainy Lake Fund
Thank you to the following donors who helped support the Rainy Lake Fund between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022.
- Paul Anderson
- Anonymous
- Christopher & Julie Causey
- Linda Causey
- Kim & Deborah Embretson
- Linda & Robert Hammar
- James & Roz Hawley
- Michael Hawley
- Hawley Family Foundation
- Joan Heinle
- A.C. Hickox
- Robert Hilke
- John Holtzermann
- Heidi Jerome
- Wendy Jerome
- Larry & Jo Kallemeyn
- Jean Kelly
- Kenneth & Anne Klopfer
- Paul & Kay Larsen
- Sara Martineau
- Peter & Janice Mattina
- Barry & Ann Sampson
- Bruce Scott, Linda Scott, Kathy Sylvia
- Carolyn Siebert
- David Siebert & Sarah Dunning
- Virginia Sweatt
- Philip & Carolyn Wallis
Photo Album: Minnesota Land Trust 2022 in Review
Click or tap on the photos to view full sized images and captions.
We are grateful to our donors, partners, and the generous landowners who protect their land forever. Finally, many of these projects would not be possible without funding from the Outdoor Heritage Fund, as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature and recommended by the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council and the Minnesota Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources.
